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☆ California man accused of drugging, sexually assaulting nine women is charged with murder
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-18 | by ( Marlene Lenthang | Marlene Lenthang Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

A Southern California man is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting nine women, one of whom died, prosecutors said. Michael DiGiorgio, 50, has been charged with murder, three felony counts of rape by use of a drug in connection to events that the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office say happened at his homes in Hermosa Beach and Redondo Beach. He was arrested Thursday morning by Redondo Beach police and remains in jail, NBC Los Angeles reported. “I extend my deepest sympathy to the victims, whose lives have been irrevocably changed and the life lost by the alleged brutal acts of the offender,” Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said in a statement. “Our office is committed to holding him accountable for the pain and trauma he has inflicted.”

Persons: drugging, Michael DiGiorgio, DiGiorgio, Clara Shortridge Foltz, It's, George Gascón, ” Organizations: Angeles County, Office, Prosecutors, Redondo, Redondo Beach police, NBC, Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal, Center Locations: Southern California, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, NBC Los Angeles, Los Angeles County

☆ A timeline of the Menendez brothers’ murder case and the push to reexamine it
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-06 | by ( Eric Levenson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —The question for prosecutors reexamining the murder convictions of Lyle and Erik Menendez is not whether they killed their parents, but how culpable they really are. Here’s a look at the timeline of the case over the decades, from the initial shooting to the recent efforts to alter their sentence. July 1993: The Menendez brothers go on trial in a Los Angeles courtroom, each with a separate jury, in a trial televised on Court TV. September 2024: Netflix releases the crime drama “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,” a nine-episode series co-created by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan about the killings. “We may be talking later, but that certainly has increased the attention by the public, and that’s why we’re being public about where we are.”A hearing on the Menendez brothers’ petition is set for November 29.

Persons: Lyle, Erik Menendez, ”, George Gascón, CNN’s Jim Acosta, Jose, Kitty Menendez, Erik, Vince Bucci, Jose Menendez, “, Menendez, “ Menendez, Ryan Murphy, Ian Brennan, ” Murphy, Murphy, Jim Acosta, ’ Organizations: CNN, Beverly Hills, Netflix, Prosecutors, Getty, RCA Records, Court TV, Menudo, Los Angeles County, LA, Attorney Locations: ” Los Angeles County, Beverly, AFP, Los Angeles, Los, “

☆ Home Depot to pay $2 million settlement for overcharging customers and false advertising
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-14 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

New York CNN —Home Depot will pay nearly $2 million to settle a civil enforcement claim from California district attorneys that the home improvement company was engaging in false advertising and unfair competition. Such violations are called “scanner violations,” the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office said in a press release Thursday. “False advertising and unfair competition are serious offenses that undermine consumer trust and distort the marketplace,” Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said in a statement. The Los Angeles DA’s office said the company was cooperative in the investigation. The civil penalties are a drop in the bucket for the nation’s fifth-largest retailer.

Persons: George Gascón, CNN’s Nathaniel Meyersohn Organizations: New, New York CNN, San Diego Superior Court, Home Depot, Angeles County Locations: New York, California, San, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles

☆ Wildfires burn out of control in Southern California and more evacuations ordered
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

In recent years wildfires have regularly burned in and around Wrightwood, a picturesque mountain town 60 miles east of Los Angeles known for its 1930s cabins. In neighboring Orange County, firefighters used bulldozers, helicopters and planes to control a rapidly spreading blaze called the Airport Fire that started Monday and spread to about 3 square miles in only a few hours. Concialdi said the fire was burning away from homes in Orange County, but there are 36 recreational cabins in the area. Residents along the southern edge of Big Bear Lake were told to leave the area Tuesday night, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. The blaze had charred more than 51 square miles of grass and brush and blanketed the area with a thick cloud of dark smoke.

Persons: Big Bear, Robert Luna, Janice Quick, texted, Quick, “ I’ve, I’ve, ”, Steve Concialdi, Concialdi, Sherri Fankhauser, Fankhauser, ” Fankhauser, “ It’s, Davis, Joe Lombardo, Charles Moore Organizations: Chamber of Commerce, Orange County Fire, San Bernardino National Forest, Residents, San, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, Nevada Gov, Sunday, National Weather Service, Truckee Meadows Fire Locations: , California, Los Angeles, Big, Wrightwood, Los Angeles County, Orange County, Riverside County, San Bernardino County, Northern California, Clearlake City, San Francisco, Idaho , Oregon, Nevada, Reno, Davis, Washoe, Washoe County, Truckee Meadows

☆ ‘Bad Monkey,’ Bad Deer, Bad Weather: The Fun of Filming in Florida
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Alexis Soloski | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Alex Moffat, an actor and comedian best known for his work on “Saturday Night Live,” rarely shouts at deer. But during a tense scene in the new crime comedy “Bad Monkey,” a Key deer, a member of an endangered species native to the Florida Keys, kept entering the frame. Not a lot of shows shoot in Florida — blame the lack of film infrastructure; blame the absence of tax breaks; blame the deer and the gnats and the 99 percent humidity. Even shows set in the state will typically shoot in North Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana or, as in the case of Lawrence’s Florida-centric comedy “Cougar Town,” Los Angeles. He strongly preferred a Florida shoot, especially for the scenes set in the Keys.

Persons: Alex Moffat, ”, Moffat, “, it’s, Bill Lawrence, Andrew Yancy, Vince Vaughn, Carl Hiaasen’s Organizations: Apple, wranglers, Miami Herald, Hollywood Locations: Florida, North Carolina , Georgia, Louisiana, Los Angeles, Culver City

☆ 'It’s mayhem and craziness': Californians react to Gavin Newsom’s order to remove homeless encampments
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Elleiana Green | Elleiana Green Is A Digital Politics Intern With Nbc News | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

Gavin Newsom’s recent executive order requiring state agencies to remove homeless encampments on public property, leaving the homeless community caught in the middle and uncertain where they will go. Now it’s time for locals to do their job.”But members of the homeless community say they have nowhere to go. “It’s absolute mayhem and craziness,” said Jeni Shurley, a member of the homeless community in Los Angeles. San Francisco has about 8,000 homeless people — the second most in the state behind Los Angeles, with about 75,000. Barger added that the city was working to maintain the trust of the homeless community while working to dismantle the camps.

Persons: Gavin Newsom’s, Newsom, “, ” Newsom, We’ve, ”, Jeni Shurley, Shurley, that’s, “ I’ve, ” Laura Valdez, Tara Gallegos, Newsom’s, Mayor London Breed, Kathryn Barger, Barger, Darrell Steinberg, Steinberg, they’re, ” Steinberg Organizations: Gov, Department of Housing, Urban Development, Democrat, Supreme, D.C, Public, Institute of California, San Francisco’s Mission, NBC News, Mayor London, Los Angeles County, Supervisors, Republican, NBC, Sacramento Locations: California, New, —, Los Angeles, Oregon , Colorado , Louisiana , Missouri, Washington, San Francisco’s, San Francisco, Los, Sacramento

American men were eliminated in the quarterfinals, while the defending champion women had to scratch and claw their way to a bronze medal Monday night. The U.S.' Dearica Hamby drives against Canada's Kacie Bosch in the women's 3x3 basketball bronze medal game in Paris on Monday. That’s so cliché, but it’s so true.”The growing 3x3 version of the game has many key differences from traditional basketball, as perimeter scoring, quick shooting and short bursts of energy are essential. “I wish people understood how hard 3-on-3 is,” college basketball star Hailey Van Lith said after she scored a game-high 6 points in the bronze medal game. The 3x3 basketball development in far-flung places like Mongolia, Chile and Trinidad and Tobago might not be possible in the traditional, full-court game, Zagklis said.

Persons: didn’t, Dearica Hamby, Canada's Kacie Bosch, Frank Franklin II, “, Cierra Burdick, Hailey Van Lith, Val Lith, They’ve, Andreas Zagklis, Zagklis Organizations: PARIS, Sparks, Canada, U.S, University of Tennessee, TCU, International Basketball Federation Locations: Paris, The, U.S, Tokyo, Mongolia, Chile, Trinidad and Tobago

What players are wearing has garnered as much attention as what they’re doing at spring training. “First and most important, these are Nike jerseys. “So I think after people wear them a little bit, they’re going to be really popular,” Manfred said. And the players who would prefer the previous uniform designs realize they don’t have much choice in the matter. He has played 13 seasons and has a career .253 batting average with a .305 on-base percentage, .430 slugging percentage, 164 homers and 636 RBIs.

Persons: “, Trea Turner, Rob Manfred, ” Manfred, They’re, Nike didn’t, Manfred, Louis, Nolan Arenado, Adley Rutschman, Ronald Acuña Jr, ” Arenado, Matt Strahm, Dave Meluni, Meluni, they’re, ” Meluni, Mike Trout, Jason Heyward, ” Strahm, we’ve, ESCOBAR, Eduardo Escobar, CASTILLO, utilityman Diego Castillo, Liván Soto, Castillo, Soto, ___ Organizations: Major League Baseball, Nike, ” Philadelphia Phillies, MLB, Atlanta, NL, ” Phillies, Chicago Cubs, Seattle Mariners, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, Toronto Blue Jays, New York Mets, Baltimore Orioles, Phillies, Arizona Diamondbacks, Pittsburgh Pirates Locations: Baltimore, America

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Repairs to an elevated Los Angeles freeway closed because of an arson fire are moving faster than expected and all lanes are scheduled to reopen by next Tuesday, California Gov. “The bridge structure itself seems to be in better shape than we anticipated," Newsom said during an evening news conference. “This is a good day in Los Angeles,” Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said. An estimated 300,000 vehicles use the stretch of freeway daily, which runs east-west across the heart of the metropolis and connects with other major highways. The city has been urging people to avoid the area, take buses and trains, or work from home.

Persons: Gavin Newsom, Newsom, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Organizations: ANGELES, Los Angeles Mayor Locations: California, Los Angeles

Cricket is an Olympic sport again. Five sports were finally added to the 2028 Los Angeles Games by the International Olympic Committee on Monday with baseball-softball, lacrosse and squash also confirmed for the program. All five were voted in as a single package with two “no” votes from about 90 IOC members in the room. “We want L.A. 2028 to have the same springboard effect for our five sports,” Los Angeles organizing committee chairman Casey Wasserman told IOC members. Football in its full-contact form was a demonstration sport at the 1932 Olympics when Los Angeles first hosted the Summer Games.

Persons: Casey Wasserman, “, Greg Barclay, Roger Goodell, Tidjane, William Blick, Niccolo Campriani, ” Wasserman, Wasserman, ”, Syed Shahid Ali of Pakistan, Guy Drut, Drut, ___ Organizations: Flag football, Los Angeles Games, International Olympic, IOC, Olympic, India, ” International Cricket, Flag, NFL, MLB, Football, Los Angeles, Lacrosse, Summer, French IOC Locations: Olympic, Mumbai, India, Los Angeles, Paris, Africa, Ivory Coast, Uganda, U.S, Angeles, Ukraine, Israel, Russia, Gaza

☆ American cities are ramping up security around places of worship following Israel attacks as they assure residents there are no credible threats locally
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( Nouran Salahieh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —While assuring Americans there are no credible threats locally, cities throughout the United States are ramping up security around houses of worship after the large-scale attack by Gaza militants on Israel on Saturday. The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security issued “public safety concern” bulletins Saturday to state and local law enforcement and said they are monitoring for any impact on the US domestic threat environment, a law enforcement official said. Israel then launched airstrikes on Gaza while its forces clashed on the ground with Hamas fighters. In Israel, at least 300 people have died and thousands of others are wounded, officials said. In Gaza, at least 232 Palestinians have died and more than 1,600 are wounded, the Palestinian health ministry said.

Persons: Eric Adams, “, ” Adams, Kathy Hochul, Matthew J, Platkin, Sylvester Turner, Sean Hickman, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, Joe Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu Saturday, Washington “, Netanyahu, ” Organizations: CNN, Saturday, FBI, Department of Homeland Security, Gaza, Hamas, New, New York City, NYPD, , New, Israel’s, US, New Yorkers, New York State Police, ”, Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Mayor Locations: United States, Gaza, Israel, New York, ,, , New York, Jerusalem, New, Houston , Texas, Washington , DC, District, ”, West Coast, Los Angeles

The average game time dropped to its 1985 level after passing 3 hours for the first time in 2016. Over the objections of the players’ association, MLB instituted a pitch clock set at 15 seconds with the bases empty and 20 seconds with runners on base. “I’m not a big fan of the pitch clock, but it is what it is.”Phillies catcher J.T. As part of the clock, MLB instituted penalties for violations that included balls against pitchers and strikes against batters. That reduced the distance between first and second, and second and third, by 4 1/2 inches.

Persons: Carlos Correa, “ There’s, Will Smith, “, Miami, ”, Zack Wheeler, “ I’m, J.T, Louis, Craig Kimbrel, Chris Bassitt, Pirates ’ Johan Oviedo, Washington’s Ildemaro Vargas, Statcast, Janie McCauley, Dave Campbell, Dan Gelston, ___ Organizations: MLB, Los Angeles Dodgers, Miami, ” Phillies, New York Mets, Tampa Bay, Seattle, Pirates, Yankees, Mets, Rays, Mariners, Chicago White Sox, Toronto, Pirates ’, Dodgers, Padres, White Sox, Elias Sports Bureau, Home, Visitors, AP, AP Sports Locations: Minnesota, Baltimore, San Diego, Pittsburgh, Miami, Washington, Philadelphia

CNN —Residents in the Southwest are bracing for heavy rains and potentially catastrophic flooding as Hurricane Hilary is expected to pummel the region as a rare tropical storm beginning Sunday and lasting into next week. Its core is expected to pass close to the peninsula Saturday night and then weaken into a tropical storm as it crosses into the US and Southern California. The threat has triggered California’s first ever tropical storm warning extending from the state’s southern border to just north of Los Angeles. “Preparations for the impacts of flooding from rainfall should be completed as soon as possible, as heavy rain will increase ahead of the center on Saturday,” the hurricane center said. Medano Beach in Mexico's Cabo San Lucas as Hurricane Hilary nears the coast on August 18, 2023.

Persons: Hilary, –, Joe Lombardo, Joe Biden, Alfredo Estrella, Gavin Newsom’s, Robert Luna, Todd Gloria Organizations: CNN, Residents, National Hurricane Center, NHC, Nevada Gov, National Guard, Federal Emergency Management Agency, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, Weather, Center, California National Guard personnel, Electricity, Southern California Edison, County Sheriff’s Department, Major League Baseball, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres, Major League Soccer, LA Galaxy Locations: Mexico’s Baja California, Southern California, Los Angeles, California , Nevada, Arizona, Nevada, California, Mexico's Cabo San Lucas, AFP, San Diego, Los Angeles County

SAN GABRIEL, Calif. — The elderly gunman responsible for the dance hall massacre in Monterey Park was out of step with other Asian immigrants who found joy and companionship in venues like the Star Ballroom Dance Studio, former friends said. “His ex-wife also likes to dance, so, many times, they would bump into each other in the party or at events. I don’t think his ex-wife was the cause of his massacre.”Nevertheless, Tran often blamed his ex-wife for the demise of his trucking business. Records show that Tran registered a business called Tran’s Trucking in Monterey Park in 2002 and that it was dissolved two years later. He also recalled seeing a white van parked on the modest property, not unlike the one in which Tran died.

☆ Pro athletes compartmentalize emotions. That doesn’t mean returning to the field after Hamlin’s collapse will be easy.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | Elizabeth Chuck | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

“We see injuries week in and week out, but something like that, you’re talking life-and-death situations. It kind of hit a little different.”To play professionally, athletes must be highly skilled physically as well as mentally, sports psychologists say. Some NFL players say they are struggling to do that after Hamlin’s collapse on Monday night. After an ambulance raced him off the field, the game resumed before a shocked crowd. Once they step out onto the field, they may find their ability to play is as strong as ever.

☆ Rapper Theophilus London is missing, authorities in Los Angeles say
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

A missing persons report was filed for rapper and singer Theophilus London after his family lost “complete contact” with him this year, authorities said Wednesday. London, 35, was last seen in Los Angeles’ Skid Row area in October, police said. “The person reporting and Theophilus’s family members lost complete contact with him in October of 2022,” Los Angeles police said in a statement. In a separate statement released Wednesday by Secretly, a music label that has worked with London, family members and friends reported that he was last spoken to in July, The Associated Press reported. London released his third album, 2020's "Bebey," on his own label, My Bebey Records.

Los Angeles County officials have reached an $8 million settlement with the family of Andres Guardado, an 18-year-old who was shot five times in the back by a deputy in June 2020. The Los Angeles district attorney’s office has not yet decided whether to file charges against Vega and Hernandez. Guardado’s settlement was unanimously approved Tuesday by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors alongside four other settlements involving the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. All the settlements combined cost county taxpayers more than $47 million “with a range of extremely disturbing allegations,” Los Angeles County Supervisor Holly Mitchell said Tuesday. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department did not respond to NBC News' request for comment.

LOS ANGELES — One Hollywood star claimed he was arrested and charged on multiple counts of rape by police and prosecutors who are biased against his church. Another prominent Hollywood figure charged with rape contends he was set up by members of a church he has publicly renounced. In both cases, the church in question is the Church of Scientology. Haggis denied Breest’s rape allegation in a counter-complaint and accused her and her lawyer of trying to extort $9 million from him. “She decided she had to do something.”In the Masterson case, he and his accusers are all current or former members of the Church of Scientology.

☆ Former UCLA gynecologist found guilty in sexual abuse case
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

The Los Angeles jury found Dr. James Heaps, a longtime UCLA campus gynecologist, not guilty of seven of the 21 counts and were deadlocked on the remaining charges. Heaps, 65, had pleaded not guilty to 21 felony counts in the sexual assaults of seven women between 2009 and 2018. The jury delivered a guilty verdict on three counts of sexual battery by fraud and two counts of sexual penetration of an unconscious person. He was found not guilty of seven other counts of sexual battery and penetration, as well as one count of sexual exploitation. UCLA patients said Heaps groped them, made suggestive comments or conducted unnecessarily invasive exams during his 35-year career.

☆ Longtime NBA referee Tony Brown dies at 55 after battle with cancer
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Aya Elamroussi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Tony Brown, a longtime NBA referee, died Thursday after a battle with pancreatic cancer, the league said. “Tony Brown was one of the most accomplished referees in the NBA and an inspiration to his colleagues,” said NBA Commissioner Adam Silver. “Rest in peace to veteran NBA referee Tony Brown! Sending prayers to the entire Brown family!” Johnson wrote on social media. Brown’s family is asking people to contribute to the Tony Brown Basketball Scholarship Endowment at his alma mater to honor his memory.

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